Robert E. Merrill, M.D.

Robert E. Merrill, M.D., 80, of Salado, died Wednesday, January 11, 2006, at his residence. A memorial service will be Saturday, January 14, 2006, 4:00 P.M. at St. Frances Episcopal Church, in Temple with Reverend Merry R. Wilburn officiating. Visitation will follow the memorial service. Dr. Merrill was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania to Erle and Edna Bowers Merrill. He married Patricia MacDonald; she preceded him in death in November, 2000. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He served on the Salado School Board from 1996-2002; he was the Vice President on the school board for 2 terms, 2000 and 2001. He was instrumental in getting two school bonds passed in 1998 for the intermediate school and in 2000 for the renovation for the schools. He wrote a handbook for school board members and he established the Master Teacher Award. He planted the seed for the Salado Education Foundation. Survivors include three daughters, Susan Wallens of Baltimore, Maryland, Nancy Wilson of Kansas City, Kansas, and Kathleen Jackson of Looettsville, Virginia; one son, Forrest Merrill of Tulsa, Oklahoma; one sister, Jane Kraus of Akron, Ohio; and six grandchildren. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Creek Community C/O Salado Historical Society P.O. Box 251 Salado, Texas 76571; the Department of Pediatrics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University Gift Records Office VU Station B 357727 2301 Vanderbilt Place Nashville, TN 37235-7727; or VistaCare Hospice 2626 S. 37 th. Street Temple, Texas 76504.